Overview

• Musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, who was with Zubeen Garg in Singapore, was taken into custody for questioning by the Special Investigation Team.
• Teams searched the Guwahati residences of organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddhartha Sharma, breaking the lock of Sharma’s flat in a magistrate’s presence and seizing documents and devices.
• Crowds outside Sharma’s building threw stones at police vehicles, prompting a baton charge, and two people were detained for allegedly instigating unrest.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state could move the case to the CBI if the SIT’s work is found unsatisfactory and reiterated a ban on Mahanta from holding events in Assam.
• Singapore’s death certificate lists drowning as the cause, a second post-mortem was conducted in Guwahati, and officials indicated that associates, including members of the Singapore Assam Association, may face further action.